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Stadt Kelbra

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About Stadt Kelbra

Establishing the place probably in the first period of the settlement until about 300/400 BC.

The first settlements in the Golden Meadows are to the Stone-u. Bronze extend into. Kelbra is driven because of his name with the suffix "a" (Chelvera) to the oldest writing in the first settlement period, which reached approximately in the period to the year 300/400 BC. The name has been derived from Kelbra native historians of Kälberaue (lush meadows around the place), but that does not correspond to the current knowledge of the place names and language research. Proper is the derivative of "settlement on a water or swamp". The emblem of the seal of Kelbra, the calf, and the seal of Altendorf, the goat are so not the place names (what was long suspected) derive. The spelling of the place name has changed over the centuries several times.

In the first documentary mention in 1093 you wrote Kelbra, 1188 Kelvera, 1250 Chelvera and 1274 Kelbra. was favored the development of the city by its location, at the two major trade routes, the Salzweg and the old trade-u. Heerstraße which great importance was in the 10th century as a so-called "imperial road". Who wanted on these roads through the city, street money had to be paid. The interest of Rothenburger to the city's founding was primarily an economic, since only one city could market -. his coin customs post and seat of the court, which substantial revenue meant How could then not market are held in villages, this right had only cities wanted a farmer sell his products he had to offer in the city on the market the markets were under.. provided special imperial protection. There was market peace that no one could break.

Sign was a situated on the marketplace with a sword hanging down glove.
Sitting in the cities, the craft developed increasingly. There arose guilds that promoted the development and strictly enforcing the established rules. Thus, the production and the cities rose prospered and grew, including Kelbra. In about 1120 the knighthood developed very quickly in our environment caused many knights seats, the men built on to Castles with walls and towers. In Kelbra the stately castle Kelbra-Hohnstein that was mistakenly always called Wasserburg but surrounded only by artificial moats originated.

The Storkauerhof, which also referred to in earlier times as well as the Castle of Knights Arnswald'sche seat. Later came other "free farms".

The ruling in the castles noble families were probably originally officers of the king, steward of the country, which they received as a fief. When the royal central power became weaker over time, proceeded the counts with their assigned fiefs like property. They gave it as a fief on, inherited, given away or sold it.

This app is part of the tourism project "Around the Kyffhäuser".
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